Varicella Zoster Virus Infections in Canadian Children in the Prevaccine Era: A Hospital-Based Study

Susan Kuhn; H Dele Davies; Taj Jadavji

doi:10.1155/1997/742365

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1997)

Varicella Zoster Virus Infections in Canadian Children in the Prevaccine Era: A Hospital-Based Study

Susan Kuhn,
H Dele Davies,
Taj Jadavji

Affiliations

Susan Kuhn: Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and The Child Health Research Unit, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
H Dele Davies: Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and The Child Health Research Unit, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Taj Jadavji: Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and The Child Health Research Unit, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1997/742365
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 6
pp. 323 – 328

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical course of children admitted for varicella zoster virus (VZV) infections to a pediatric hospital before the release of VZV vaccine in Canada.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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